Exercises at Work ft. Policemen – Post #12

Morning team.  Howdy, Rob masters FIt College New Zealand. Personal trainer to the stars here again.

Last time we caught up or discussed lawyers. This week, we’re going to go to the other end of the spectrum and talk about my favourite people in the world, police officers and what they can do just to take care of themselves while they’re working.

One of the biggest  issues I found, when I was a police officer, particularly in the last part of my career, is that we wear a stab proof vest.  Now at its worst that stab proof vest with a gun on, taser on, handcuffs, pepper spray, first add care, you name it. It could add a potential 8 to 10 kilos to your body weight and most of that directed towards your lower back. Okay, I saw, I heard, I took in the feedback from staff that they had a lot of issues around their back a